On 08/06/10 16:05, Paul Hill wrote: > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Jeff Johnson<[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have a spreadsheet that has numbers entered in cells as '325. I want >> to convert them to 325 so I can operate on them. I can't figure out how >> to do this. If I convert the cell format to a number it doesn't work >> because it is text because of the single quote. >> > In the next row enter a formula like "=A1+0" > > e.g. > > A B > 1 '325 =A1+0 > 2 '100 =A2+0 > 3 '201 =A3+0 > > You can now work on the B column. > > Or copy values from B to A, delete B and then you've repaired your worksheet.
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